TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, has challenged a fine ordered by a Norwegian unit against economic and environmental crimes. Namely, on March 2, 2017, Økokrim, the Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental C
Marine seismic player Polarcus saw lower revenues, vessel impairments, and other charges during the fourth quarter 2016 but posted a smaller net loss when compared to the year-before period. Polarcus’ net loss for the fourth quarter 2016 was $97 million, compared to $289.2 million net loss in the sa
French seismic services provider CGG has been awarded a contract by oil major Shell to operate a dedicated processing center at its Seria office in Brunei. CGG said on Tuesday that the deal would run for six years, from January 1, 2017, until December 31, 2022. Under the terms of the contract, CGG w
Oil and gas exploration company Chariot Oil & Gas has been awarded interest and operatorship of the Kenitra offshore exploration permit in Morocco and started a seismic campaign covering Mohammedia and Kenitra permits. Chariot said on Thursday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Chariot Oil & Gas Inve
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), a marine geophysical company, has chosen Finnish company Wärtsilä to service engines and other equipment of its vessel fleet. According to the agreement, Wärtsilä will take care of engines and propulsion systems maintenance onboard PGS’s fleet of 8 seismic vessels. The
Marine seismic acquisition firm Polarcus has received a letter of award for a 4D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. Polarcus announced the contract award on Thursday but did not disclose any financial details regarding the deal nor the client in question. However, the marine se
Following dayrate reduction for an Eidesvik-owned seismic vessel, the French-based geophysical company CGG has slashed the dayrates for two more seismic vessels. Earlier on Monday, Offshore Energy Today reported that CGG had agreed with Eidesvik Offshore to reduce the dayrate for the seismic vessel
Norwegian shipping company Eidesvik Offshore and French geophysical services company CGG have agreed to reduce the dayrate for the seismic vessel Viking Vanquish, effective from January 2017. Eidesvik said on Monday that the bareboat contract for the seismic vessel expires in November 2020 and the d
TGS, a marine seismic data acquisition specialist, has announced its first multi-client acquisition project in 2017, the AM17 Atlantic Margin 3D in the Norwegian Sea. TGS said on Thursday that the AM17 40,000 square kilometer project in the central-southern Norwegian Sea is the single largest 3D sur
Searcher Seismic, together with project partner, CGG, has reported that the PSDM reprocessing of 1,668 square kilometers of 3D seismic data in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia has started. The multi-client company said on Thursday that the project comprises broadband PSDM reprocessing of the W
Following Greenpeace’s protest against a seismic survey offshore New Zealand, Schlumberger has responded with claims the survey is being carried out with a wide range of measures for minimizing the impact to marine mammals. The company also asked all third parties “to refrain from any action that co
Greenpeace crew have made contact with the world’s biggest seismic vessel after traveling 50 nautical miles on two rigid-hulled inflatables off the coast of Wairarapa, New Zealand. The boat crews, consisting of members from Greenpeace and local iwi, located the 125-meter seismic ship, Amazon Warrior
Independent, multi-client company Searcher Seismic has started a 3D reprocessing project, offshore Papua New Guinea. The company said on Wednesday that the project comprises reprocessing existing open-file 3D datasets with a modern broadband de-ghosting and pre-stack depth migration sequence. “As we
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday announced the denial of six pending geophysical and geological (G&G) permit applications to conduct airgun seismic surveys in the Mid- and South Atlantic Planning Areas of the Atlantic Ocean. The bureau said on Friday that the decision was
